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The porang plant (Amophophallus muelleri Blume) is one of the mainstay commodities of plantations because it has the potential for cultivation according to regional growing requirements. For example the suitability of topography, weather, and climate characteristics. This study aims to identify the potential for porang cultivation in Central Indonesia. The research location was determined by purposive sampling (deliberately) in East Lombok Regency. Respondents were taken using a survey method equipped with a questionnaire. The number of research informants was 25 farmers whose function was to provide information and data related to the potential for porang cultivation. The primary research method is qualitative. Estimation of the study of the potential for porang cultivation using GIS and WebGIS application computing programs. The results showed that based on the existing Porang land area of East Lombok Regency, HKm was 1,230 Ha, plus the outside HKm land was 28,827 Ha (30,057 Ha). While the location of exiting land (already planted) for porang is 228.3 ha. This means that only 0.76% of the total potential land area available.